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Bitcoin certainly got enormously slower. But the other major currencies (ethereum, xrp, etc) are both much faster and more liquid than BTC was in 2015.

• omarchowdhury 7y ago
  > Bitcoin certainly got enormously slower. https://bitinfocharts.com/comparison/bitcoin-confirmationtime.html https://bitinfocharts.com/comparison/bitcoin-confirmationtim... Average block time data doesn't agree with you, or are you talking about something else?
  • skohan 7y ago
    It's not about whether the next block will come on time, it's whether your transaction will be in it.
    • omarchowdhury 7y ago
      That has only been an issue around the Dec '17 congestion. I can have my transaction mined in the next block for the satoshi equivalent of $0.61 today.
      • skohan 7y ago
        That's interesting, I didn't know it speeded up again. I guess it still is an issue though: it's hard to trust a currency with the knowledge that it's transaction speed could potentially slow down by hours or days if there is too much traffic.